[No earlier than September 3, 1913]

"Northern Truth"2

No. 11 (August 14) (August 7-10)
Σ Total
359.17

No. 21 (August 21)
August 12-19
workers'
groups
(see reverse)3

"Northern Truth," No. 16 (August 21)
(Moscow newspaper)

Collections

"Workers' Truth"4

Sections, report for August... 21 (workers' group)

"Northern Truth," No. 14 (August 18)
209.83
627."
118
63.
145.

1 The present document consists of 2 sheets of notebook format, written in pencil. During August-September 1913, V. I. Lenin repeatedly addressed requests in his letters to Petrograd and Berlin to send him complete sets of Bolshevik newspapers: "Workers' Truth," "Northern Truth," "Our Path" (Moscow newspaper), and the liquidationist "New Workers' Gazette" (see Complete Collected Works, vol. 48, pp. 207, 208-209), arguing that without them he was deprived of the possibility of working normally. On September 3 (old style) 1913, his article "The Struggle for Marxism" was published in the newspaper "Northern Truth" (see ibid., vol. 23, pp. 411-415), which apparently was based on this calculation of workers' collections for the newspapers. In this article, Lenin demonstrates that the Marxist approach to dividing "collections by the designation of workers" who contribute their means is the only correct one, showing how "the best workers of Petrograd are fighting for Marxism against the supporters of non-partisanship" (ibid., p. 415).

2 "Northern Truth" — one of the names under which the Bolshevik "Pravda" was published from August 1 (14) to September 7 (20), 1913. 31 issues appeared.

3 This refers to the record of collections given below, made on the basis of the report in "Northern Truth," No. 14.

4 "Workers' Truth" — a daily Bolshevik newspaper; published in Petrograd from July 13 (26) to August 1 (14), 1913, in place of "Pravda," which was closed on July 5 (18), 1913.

# NOTES MADE AT THE MEETING WITH BOLSHEVIK DEPUTIES OF THE FOURTH STATE DUMA1
[October 6-7, 1913]

Estimates of public education

Formula for transition—
Statement
Instruction to learn
Drinking establishment estimates

Agitation concerning the motives of the resolution
of December 1908.2 It is clear and it follows
that resolutions should be brought on formulas,
on exceptional cases (peasant formulas).

Our comrades must speak
against

— democratic
— socialist

One must not give weapons...
One must
have
one's own
formulas

"This does not mean that we will engage in bargaining. They (Guchkov3) will learn to write their formulas so that they are acceptable."

"The matter concerns not so much legislative bills as formulas."

They are improving the composition
of the party locally.

Legislative bill
And on the press4

We will vote
for the closing of "Pravda"

Formulas:
((1)) Sabler5
((2)) provocations
((3)) Kasso6

"To maneuver"

The entire line
Public education
and the movement of students
(youth)

Not a question of bourgeois
parties, but a question of
Duma maneuvering.

There is no need to arrange
disagreements; rather, one must think very carefully.
(Then there is no need)
to be in the Duma.

On all the formulas of the Kadets7 only!
(our support carries them through)
((the Octobrists8 are splitting))

1 These notes were apparently made by V. I. Lenin at a preliminary meeting with Bolshevik deputies of the Fourth State Duma, which took place in Poronin on October 6-7, 1913.

At the meeting, the question was raised of tactics in Duma work. From the tribune of the State Duma, workers' deputies told the truth about the difficult situation of the laboring masses in tsarist Russia and propagandized revolutionary ideas. The work of the Duma faction was one of the most important legal forms of party work, and it was constantly in Lenin's field of vision. Participants in the preliminary meeting discussed concrete questions: what legislative bills the Bolshevik deputies should develop and introduce for consideration by the Duma for purposes of revolutionary agitation; how to vote on individual articles of legislative bills and on budgets submitted for consideration by the Duma; whether it was possible to vote for the formulas of other parties, for government purchase of privately owned railways; whether it was correct for the Social-Democratic faction to abstain from voting on the Kadets' proposal concerning a seven-hour working day for postal and telegraph employees, etc. Based on the questions discussed, a principled resolution was prepared, written by V. I. Lenin "On Duma Work of the S.D.," which was subsequently adopted at an expanded meeting of the Central Committee with the participation of all delegates (see Complete Collected Works, vol. 24, pp. 54-53).

2 This refers to the resolution of the Fifth Conference of the RSDLP (All-Russian 1908) "On the Duma S.D. Faction" (see "The CPSU in Resolutions and Decisions of Congresses, Conferences and Plenums of the Central Committee." Moscow, 1970, vol. 1, pp. 252-255).

3 A. I. Guchkov — a major capitalist, organizer and leader of the Octobrist party. During the period of the first Russian revolution, he supported the government's policy of merciless repressions against the working class and peasantry. In 1910-1911 — chairman of the Third State Duma. During the imperialist world war — chairman of the Central Military-Industrial Committee and member of the Special Defense Conference.

4 This apparently refers to a legislative bill on freedom of the press, introduced for consideration by the Fourth State Duma by the Octobrist-Cadet majority. The bill was not adopted by the State Council.

5 V. K. Sabler (Desyatovskii) — a landowner, Black Hundreds reactionary, prominent tsarist official, lawyer by profession. From 1911 to 1915 — Over-Procurator of the Synod.

6 L. A. Kasso — a major landowner, professor at Kharkov and subsequently Moscow universities. In 1910-1914 was Minister of Public Education. He pursued a reactionary policy toward the schools, dealt brutally with revolutionary students and progressive faculty.

7 Kadets — members of the Constitutional Democratic Party of the liberal-monarchist bourgeoisie in Russia. The Cadet party was founded in October 1905; it included representatives of the bourgeoisie, zemstvo figures from among landowners, and bourgeois intellectuals. In their demands, the Kadets did not go beyond the requirement of a constitutional monarchy; they considered their main goal to be the struggle against the revolutionary movement and sought to share power with the tsar and serf-holding landowners.

8 Octobrists — members of the party "Union of October 17," formed in Russia after the publication of the tsar's manifesto of October 17, 1905. This was a counter-revolutionary party that represented and defended the interests of the large bourgeoisie and landowners. The Octobrists fully supported the internal and external policy of the tsarist government.

# MEETING OF THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE OF THE RSDLP WITH PARTY WORKERS
October 6-14, 1913.1

RECORD OF REPORTS AND STATEMENTS OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FROM MOSCOW AND THE CENTRAL INDUSTRIAL REGION2
[October 8 and 9, 1913]

Note.*

Three types of workers' organizations (Malinovsky3):
1) purely illegal organizations (strictly party work).
2) legal (semi-party).
3) musical and others (not always Social-Democratic).

Nicholas4: the consolidation of cells (illegal) in trade unions resulted in a streetcar strike and preparation for a more serious strike
((an all-out protest strike was being planned))
The beginning of a strike committee was laid

Alexei5:
Bolshevik boards: printers 14
(8 Social-Democrats
4 waverers
2 liquidationists)
woodworkers,
tanners, tailors,
textile workers, metalworkers =
(with liquidationists).

Illegal work in trade unions.
Elections on 2 slates: Bolsheviks and liquidationists.

Trade unions

"Society for the Promotion of
Sensible Entertainment"

(Under the guise of commissions, all illegal
cells. Actually = to the Central Bureau.

2½ years ago seized by
revolutionary means
from the bourgeoisie.
All trade union members
are registered here.

Alexei:
in the city "Pravda" 1800-2500
no returns
Conf. No.'s
not distributed
< 20%

even more through
newspaper distributors, first artel 3000.

Strike movement under
the control of party
cells, not at all spontaneous.

(No MK)6:
Moscow, in terms of protest
strikes, has awakened.
Forces fresher than in
Petrograd.

Shagov7:
3 tours.
Kostroma (about 30
people*; report).
Sereda (25,000)**.
There is an organization.
Three tours (30-
40 orgs.).

Alexei:
they knew very little about the February meeting,
2-3 people. There was 1 copy**.

* The party organization in Kostroma numbered people; in Sereda — 30-40 people; in Rodniki — 40; in Vichuga — about 50; in Kineshma — 15.
** The figures: (25,000), (8,000), (25,000), (25,000) apparently denote the number of workers.